Nearly three times more retailers plan to deploy mobile POS in the next two years and and 350% more retailers plan to support NFC payments by October 2015. Also, 200% more retailers plan to use geolocation within three years.

American Express lost a major court decision over its rules that prohibit merchants from telling customers they prefer to accept one card over another. AmEx previously said if the lose the case it will materially affect their business.

USA Technologies reported total revenue and license fees climbed 21% year-on-year in the fourth calendar quarter. USAT also announced it executed an agreement on February 13th with an equipment leasing company to finance its QuickStart program.

TouchSuite has developed the first-ever point of sale solution fully integrated with synchronized, commercially viable EMV processing capabilities for the U.S market. It is now available on the U.S. merchant market exclusively through its Firefly system.